Animation Articles (5 articles found)
Animation's Lesser-Known Heroes: Stop-Motion Puppetry
A Brief History of Stop-Motion Puppetry While the world has been dazzled by the latest CGI spectacles, there exists a lesser-known but equally impressive cousin in the realm of animation: stop-motion puppetry. For those not in the know, stop-motion is an animation technique wherein objects are incrementally manipulated and photographed frame by frame, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played in rapid succession.
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Animating the Human Walk Cycle: An Amusing Expedition
A Stroll Down Memory Lane: A Brief History of the Walk Cycle It was in the 19th century when photographer Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs capturing a horse galloping, thus giving birth to the idea of breaking down motion into individual frames. Little did Muybridge know that he would become the unwitting godfather of animation, much to the delight of future mouse-drawing megalomaniacs and toy collectors alike.
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Animating the Inanimate: Bringing Life to the Lifeless
A Brief History of Animation Picture it: A dreary evening in the late 19th century, bored out of your mind with nothing but a pile of drawings and a healthy dose of curiosity. Enter the zoetrope, a magical device capable of turning those drawings into a seemingly living and breathing animation.
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Motion Design: Bringing Stories to Life
Visual storytelling has come a long way since the days of cave paintings and those dancing stick figures etched on walls. We've graduated to the world of motion design, where images dance and sing across screens, entrancing viewers and drawing them into the story.
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Designing the Digital Carousel: A Guide to Motion in Design
It's a whirlwind, a rollercoaster, a pandemonium - motion in design is taking the world by storm, turning heads and spinning minds. And why shouldn't it? Life, after all, is in motion.
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